The order of the emperor!

The sect leader and others present at the scene watched as the witnesses went from one disciple to another, the man just kept checking their hands, the only thing he could remember is the culprit's hand but he couldn't tell exactly what it was about the culprit's hand that he needed to remember.

"At this rate, are you sure that your witnesses would be able to identify any of the disciples?" Sect leader Zhou asked in a low voice as he approached sect leader Lin and as usual, he has his fan with the scenery of mountains and rivers drawn on it.

"If they are guilty then we have nothing to worry about but if they are not then there is nothing we can do about it," Sect leader Lin replied, not wanting to make it obvious to him that he wasn't happy with the direction things were heading, after all, they are not very close.